HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law No. 2001-016 THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYHAM
BY-LAW NUMBER 2001 - 16
Being a by-law to establish a Joint Police Services Board
WHEREAS paragraph 5 of Section 5 of the Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter
P.15, as amended, provides that Council may enter into an agreement under Section 10,
alone or jointly with one or more Councils, to have police services provided by the
Ontario Provincial Police;
AND WHEREAS Subsection 10 (1) of the said Act provides that the Solicitor General
may enter into an agreement with the Council of a Municipality or jointly with two or
more Municipalities for the provision of police services for the Municipalities by the
Ontario Provincial Police;
AND WHEREAS Subsection 10 (2) of the said Act provides that in order to enter into
such an agreement,the Municipality must have a Board;
AND WHEREAS Subsection 10 (3) of the said Act provides that in order for two or
more Municipalities to enter into an agreement under this Section, the Municipalities
must have a Joint Board;
AND WHEREAS the Councils of the Corporation of the Municipalities of Bayham,
Central Elgin, Dutton/Dunwich, West Elgin, the Townships of Malahide and Southwold,
have entered into a contract agreement with the Ontario Provincial Police to provide
police services to the six(6)municipalities;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Corporation of the
Municipality of Bayham enacts as follows:
1. THAT a Joint Police Services Board, consisting of five (5) members, as provided
by Subsection 27 (5) of the Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.15, as
amended, be hereby constituted and that such board be known as the "Elgin
Group".
2. THAT this By-law shall come into full force and effect on the date of its passage.
READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 1ST
DAY OF FEBRUARY,2001
MAYO ' G�LERK